In his Twelfth Night, Shakespeare introduces the clown singing part of the two first stanzas of the following Song; which has been recovered from an antient MS. of Dr. Harrington's at Bath, preserved among the many literary treasures transmitted to the ingenious and worthy possessor by a long line of most respectable ancestors. Of these only a small part hath been printed in the Nugæ Antiquæ, 3 vols. 12mo; a work which the publick impatiently wishes to see continued.

The song is thus given by Shakespeare, act iv. sc. 2:—

"Clown. 'Hey Robin, jolly Robin. [singing.]
Tell me how thy lady does.'

Malvolio. Fool——

Clown. 'My lady is unkind, perdy.'

Malvolio. Fool——

Clown. 'Alas, why is she so?'

Malvolio. Fool, I say——

Clown. 'She loves another.'—Who calls, ha?"